Nick: I assume you mean queens in queen cages, and I don't understand the
significance of a battery box.
Although not desirable, queens can be kept for as much as two weeks from the
time they were removed from a nucleus colony until you install them in new
quarters, provided they have enough "shipping candy", the attendant workers
who feed the queen are not dead, they have a daily "drink of water", and best
kept cool
(perhaps in your basement) and dark.
Do not OVER water.  Put 1 or 2 small drops of water on the wire screen surface
once each day.
However, it is always best to take off from work, and install those queens in
the afternoon when it is clear, warm, and no wind.
Is that enough? George Imirie